HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2162 RESOLUTION NO. 2162
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, URING AND ENCOURAGING LEGISLATORS
OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND
APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER
CLOSING THE UNITED STATES- MEXICAN BORDER TO AMERICAN
MINORS, SEEKING ENTRY INTO MEXICO, UNLESS SAID MINORS
ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR OTHER RESPONSIBLE ADULT
AND RELATING TO THE CURTAILMENT OF THE NARCOTICS,
MARIJUANA AND DANGEROUS DRUG PROBLEM IN CALIFORNIA AND
THE CITY OF DOWNEY
WHEREAS, the distribution and use of dangerous drugs, marijuana and narcotics
by American minors has become an extremely serious problem in the State of Calif-
ornia, and particularly in the City of Downey; and
WHEREAS, all State of California and Federal law enforcement agencies,
directly involved in attempting to eliminate this problem, have advised the City
Council of the City of Downey, California, that considerable quantities of said
dangerous drugs, marijuana and narcotics are brought into the State of California
by American minors who enter Mexico by crossing the California- Mexican border,
obtain such products in Mexico, and return with them to the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the League of California Cities, assembled at
its 70th Annual Conference in Los Angeles on October 16, 1968, passed a resolution
urging the United States Congress to conduct hearings in Southern California to
consider the closing of the California- Mexican border to minors, unless said minors
were accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City of Downey does hereby urge and encourage members of
the United States Congress, the State of California Legislators and all Federal and
State Government officials to seriously consider closing the United States - Mexican
border to American minors seeking entry into Mexico, unless said minors are accompan-
ied by parents or other responsible adults.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
forward copies of this resolution to Senator George Murphy, Senator Thomas H. Kuchel,
Senator -elect Alan Cranston; State Assemblymen Carley V. Porter, Jack R. Fenton,
Floyd Wakefield; State Senators Lawrence E. Walsh and Joseph M. Kennick; Governor
Ronald Reagan; Congressmen Del Clawson and Chet Holifield; League of California Cities;
Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of the State of California; Attorney General of the
United States Department of Justice, Commissioner Raymond F. Farrell, United States
Department of Justice; and the City of Upland and the City of National City.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of November, 1968.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Cler_f
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of Downey at a regular meeting held thereof on the 26th day of November,
1968, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Corbin, Temple, Ferris, Winton, Morton
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
City Clerk